Yes I'm desperately packing trying to find my passport, writing notes for the cat sitter and last minute cleaning.

I've bought my film fixed my lomo and got new underwear. I'll be travelling to LA,SF, Sydney Australia and back via NY. Hopefully I'll blog along the way when I can get to an internet cafe. I'm unlikely to be able to upload photoies until I get back on the 15th Dec.

From here - a Jacaranda picture for Harry  my internet friend after some discussion of the light of South Africa versus other places (though this tree being Australian is the wrong nationality).

From this blog and here as an animated gif and the film that inspired it

I was at the hairdesser last Friday - due to feeling somewhat stressed I managed to arrive and hour and a half early. No problem I went up the road and had breakfast out. One of my favourite treats. I picked up Wonderland magazine to read. I wasn't very hopeful of reading anything interesting it looked too hip with many pale cheekboned models in black and white. But ! I found a great article on Chris Doyle the cinematographer.

Via 52 Projects a tumbler blog.

Living Small is a blog by a writer to moved to a small town and she oftern writes about sustainble living, local foods and growing your own.

Andrea Scher

Introduction to Case Binding

We will learn to make a single section A5 size half-cloth hardcover note or sketchbook using decorative papers for cover and endpapers and finishing with a ribbon tie. Interested students may go on to learn multi-section bookbinding on a further course.

Sunday 16^th November 10.30am-4.30pm £45

Had a coffee and a toastie at Uban Coffee in Brandon St - a new cafe in Edinburgh. Or newish. I then rather boldy visited a friend on the off chance she would be in as I'm not often in her neck of the woods. It was lovely to catch up.